Hat hanger and marker.



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APPLICATION FILED MAE. 1B, 1907.

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`SIDNEY r. DODGE, OE WEST UNITY, OHIO.-

HAT HANGER AND MARKER,

Specicatonof Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908'.

Application filed Marchl8, 1907. Serial No. 363,032.

To all whom itmay concern.'

Be itknown that I, SIDNEY P. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Unit in the county of Williams and State of O io, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat Hangers and Markers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to im rovements in devices for hanging hats or te like upon a rack or other su ort. y

One object o t e invention is to rovide a simple and inexpensive hanger of t 's character which may be conveniently carried in oncs pocket and readily attached to one's hat so that it may be conveniently hung upon any sort of rack in such manner that there will be little or no danger of it being knocked off.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger of this character which may be engaged with the buttonhole in the lapelof an overcoat or with a buttonhole in any other garment.`

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character with means for displaying the name'and address of the owner or any other distinguishing mark by means of which it may be identified and the owner may readily locate his hat, coat `or other belongings placed in the oloakj rooms of hotels or other public laces.

With the above and ot er objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of arts hereinafter described and claimed, and) illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which j Figure 1 is a view showing two uses of my improved hanging and" marking device; Fig.

2 is a front elevation of the device onan -enlarged scale; and Figs. `3 and 4 are sectional views taken respectively on the lanes indicated lby the lines 3-3 and 4 4 1n Fig. 2.

The invention consists of a pending ring or loop 2 and an marking button 3. The clasp 1 is here shown as consisting of a bottom member 4 formed of sheet metall and having at one of itsk ends a flat jaw 5 and its other end 7 bent around a flattened portion 8 of the ring or loop 2 which latter is of substantially circular form. Intermediate the ends of the 'member or plate 4 are formed at its opposite sides apertured bearing ears 9 which are bent up clasp 1, a sus? attaching and at right angles and are adapted to register with similar ears 10 similarly arranged upon the top or outer member 11 of the clasp. This member is also preferably formed of a piece of sheet metal and has a linger piece 12 at one end and its other end curved., as shown 1n Fig. 3, to provide a flat jaw 13 which coy acts with the jaw 5. These jaws are pressed together and upon the hat or other article inserted between them by a coil spring 14 which surrounds a pivot pin 15 passed through the alining apertures in the'bearing ears 9, 10, said spring having its ends bearing against the inner faces of the members 4, 11, as shown in Fig. 3. The provision of the flat jaws 5, 13 permit them to readily engage the rim of a hat and the curvature of the jaw 13 provides sufficient space between the inortions of said jaws for the reception of the bead upon the rim of a derby and hence causes the clasp to more effectively hold such a hat, as will be readily understood. Thev button 3 not only Vserves as a means which permits the article to be attached'to a garment by inserting such button in a buttonhole, but also serves as an identifying or marking tag. Said button or device 3 comprises a back plate 16 of circular shape formed with an annular bead or rim 17 and with an integral centrally disposed and rearwardly projecting shank 18 transversely va ertured to receive the ring 2, as clearl) shown in Fig. 3. The back plate 16 forms 1 a chamber for the reception of a disk 19 of paper or other suitable material upon which may Abe printed, written, or otherwise vmarked, the name and address of the owner vof the'device, -Or any lother desired information. The disk 19is preferably covered by a disk 20 `of celluloid or other transparent material which will disks are retaine upon the back plate by a front plate or rim 21 having a central opening to expose the disks or plates 19, 20 and aving an annular rim or flange 22 to engage the rim or flange 17 of the back plate. The `parts 16, 2l may be held together by the frictional engagement of the flan es 17, 22, or any other suitable detachabe connection may be provided. j

While the invention may be used in various ways and for suspending various objectsy or articles, the two uses for which it is especially designed are illustrated in Fig. 1 in whichI it will be seen that the clasp 13 is engaged with the rim of (protect the disk 19. These a derby H and in one case the button 3 is inserted in the but-tonhim getting the wrong hat.

hole of the lapel in a coat C and in the other case, said button is swung downwardly upon the lower (portion of the ring 2 and the latter is engage with one of the hooks of the rack R. The device is ofV such size that it may be 'conveniently carried in the pocket of oneis vest and it is so constructed that it may be readily attached to a hat or other article and suspended from a hook or support of almost any description. The provision of the identifyin tag or button enables the owner to readily ocate his hat, or the like, in public places so that there is little or no danger of Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A. hanger and marker of the character del scribed comprising a ring adapted to be engaged with a suspending device, a spring clasp pivoted upon said ring and an identifying button adapted to be engaged with the button hole of a garment to suspend the device and the object engaged by the clasp, said button having an apertured shank to loosely receive said ring thus allowing the button to be swung about the ring am also to be moved circumferentially to use either the ring or the button as the supporting means.

In testimony whereof' I hereunto aHiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY P. DODGE.

Witnesses z JAMES LONG, DAVID M. SHALER. 

